2 Samuel 15:20:172 Sam.15.20.W17TAB
חֶ֥סֶד
khesed
“steadfast love or loyalty”
- Transliteration
- KHE-sed
- Extended
- KHEH-sehd
- IPA
- /ˈħɛ.sɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- steadfast love or loyalty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-sed
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-sed ve-e-MET
- clause
SHUV ve-ha-SHEV eT-a-KHE-kha im-MAKH KHE-sed ve-e-MET
- sentence
te-MOL bo-E-kha ve-ha-YOM a-NO-a-kha a-NI-a-kha im-MA-nu la-LE-khet va-a-NI ho-LEKH AL a-SHER-a-NI ho-LEKH SHUV ve-ha-SHEV eT-a-KHE-kha im-MAKH KHE-sed ve-e-MET
Exegesis
The blessing closes with the paired nouns chesed {חֶ֥סֶד | ḥe-sed} ‘kindness/loyal love’ and ’emet {וֶאֱמֶת | wə-ʾe-meṯ} ‘faithfulness,’ a conventional merism denoting covenantal fidelity. The English rendering preserves Hebrew parallelism and rhetorical questioning while smoothing transitions.
Root and etymology
ח־ס־ד
“loyal love, kindness”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:20
Yesterday you arrived, and today shall I make you wander with us when I do not know where I am going? And I am going to the place where I am going. Return, and bring your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness accompany you.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word חֶ֥סֶד (khesed) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.15.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.20.W17.S1) and character.